Cot for children.



M. M. S., BINNEY.

GOT FOB. CHILDREN.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. a, 1908.

M. M. S. BINNBY.

GOT FOB. CHILDREN.

LPPLIQATION FILED sans. 1908.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

M. M. s. BINNBY.

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(Fig. 2) in the posts and entering threaded holes in the ends of the respective rails. To revent wear, these holes are preferably ined with metal' sockets wherein the screwthreads are formed. Lateralstability may be Vfurther insured bythe end of each rail being formed as a tenen adapted to lit a mortise in the contiguous post, as indicated at 1i innig. a.

Referring now to seen from Figs. 3 and 4, that the general arrangement is the same as that already described with reference to' Figs. 1 and 2. The

posts and'rails, however, are formed not ofv wood, but of metalv tubing, the material employed throu hout being (for the sake of ightness) pre erably an alloy of aluminium. ln the example illustrated, the corner posts 1 consist each of a single length of tubing on the top of which is socketed a casting 12 for the attachment of the upper rails 2, 2b and 3, 3", a sleeve 13 being slip ed over and fixed on the post in position for t e attachment of thelower rails 4a, 4h and 5% 5b. The hinges connectin the upper rails to the corner-posts are forme partly by lugs 14 on the castings 12 and partly by castings 15 socketed in the ends 4of the rails themselves and provided with corresponding lugs 16, the hinge-pins 2W, 2m, 381, 3b*, passing horizontally through holes in both sets of lugs as shown. When the rails are extended, these hinges are locked against liexure by means of pins 17 which pass vertically through holes in tailpieces 18 provided on the castings 15 and enter holes formed as at 19 inthe tops of the castings 12, the tail pieces 18 being received in recesses in the castings 12- as indicated.

` The two pins 17 appertainingto'the respective rails which are' jointed to any one corner post, are carried by a single late 20 rovided with a knob 21 fornin bot a hand e for the plate and also a finial or the top of the post, the plate 20 normally resting upon the top of the casting 12 so that the pins 17 pass through the tail-pieces 18 .and enter the holes 19 as shown in full lines in Fig. 5. When it is' desired to unlock the hinges controlled by the plate 20, the latter is lifted so as to free the ins 17 from the tail-pieces 18, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. `5. In this movement the plate is guided by a rod 22 attached to it and passing through an axial hole in the top of the casting 12, the rod permitting of the plate, when raised, being turned in a `horizontal plane so that the points of the pins 17 may rest idl in recesses 23 (Fig. 6) provided in the top o the casting 12 and may thus re- .tain the plate in the raised or inoperative osition. Thel lower end of the rod 22 has a ead or collar 24 between which and the underside ofthe top-plate ofthe casting 12 a coiled spring 25 is confined, this spring serve ing normally to retain' the plate 20 in operative position and prevent accidental dis- Figs. 3 to 11, it will be sienes engagement oi the' pins 17 from the tail pieces 18.

The es connecting the lower rails to the corner osts areformed artly by lugs 26 on the s eeves 13 and part y by castings 27 socketed i'n the ends of the rails themselves and provided'with corresponding lugs 28, the hinge pins 4", 4h51, 5mi, 5* passing horizontally through holes in both sets of lugs as shown in Fi 8. When the rails are ein tended, these hinges are locked against flexure by means oi turn-buttons 29 pivoted to the sleeves 13 as atv 30 and engaging in recesses 31 in the castings 27 which may also be provided with tail-pieces 32 adapted to enter holes or recesses '32 in the sleeves as indicated in Fig. 7

'ih'e 1m. es connecting the two sections of each rail are formed in castings 33 and 34 socketed in the respective sections as shown in respect of one of the upper rail joints in Figs. 10 and 11, the hinge pins 2*, 3* etc.

passing' through lugs 35 and 36 provided on the cast' s 33 and y34 respectively. Each of these hinges when the rail is extended, is

locked against exure by meansv of a slipbolt 37 tted to slide, lengthwise of the rail, in a bearing rovided in the casting 34, the bolt (which is concealed) being adapted to enter a socket 38 in the casting33 and being manipulated by means of a knob-handle 39 projecting laterally through a slot 40l in the Wall of the tube constitutin the rail. This slot has two notches 41 an 42 wherein the neck43-oi the knobshandle 39 engages when the bolt? is at the respective ends of its travel. f

The netting (Fig. 12), whereof a portion is indicated in F. 1, is preferably cruciform in shape so as to la capable of being applied from above the upper set of rails so that the central portion 44 of the netting covers thel top of t e cot while the sideand end ila s 45 and 46 hang downward and form wa s to the space bounded by the rails and corner osts.

orined by a separate 'piece of nett' or by vextensions inte ral with (for examp e) the end flaps 46 as indicated by the dotted lines at 47, the mattress thus resting upon what virtually constitutes a hammock.

rlhe netting may be secured to the rails and corner posts in any convenient way. In the cheaper wooden' construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 it might for example be laced directly -to the frame of the cot, but (especially 1n the metal construction illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4) the lateral edges 48 of each flap are preferably threaded upon vertical ro `s 49 attached to the corres ending sleeves 13 on the corner posts 1, w `e the lower edges 48 of the aps are threaded upon horizontal rods 50 extendin alongside of and sl' htly below the leve of the lower rails. of these rods are detachable from The bottom oi the cot may bel the frame of the cot so as to permit of the latter bein collapsed. "In the case of the vertical ro s 49, the lower end of each rod l may be received in an eye or socket 51 xed to the corresponding sleeve 13, the upper end ofthe rod being secured to the casting 12 by means of a turn-button 52 which is rotatably fixed to the casting and passes through aslot in a flat palmV 53 formed on the rod. The opposite ends of each horizontal rod 50 may be provided with eyes or sockets 54 adapted to slide upon 4the corresponding vertical rods 49.

It Will beobvious that t' e main portion of the netting might be app ied from beneath the lower rails instead of from above the upper rails, in which case the horizontal rodsl 50 would extend alongside of the upper instead of the lower rails. It will also be obvious that the horizontal rods ht be made in sections jointed together an to the corner posts so as to be capable of folding along with the rails; or thesectionspf each rod might be detachably secured to one an-y other by means of a screw coupling or equivalent device.

The corner posts 1, if of metal tubing, ma be made telesco ic, the lower portion of eac below the leve of the sleeve 13 being adapted to slide 'upward' into the upper or main portion when the, cot is collapsed, and being normally retained inthe extended of sit1o n by some convenient form of locking device.

WhatI claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1 `A collatpsible safety cot for children oo nsisting of a rame, said frame comprising upright corner osts; u per longitudinal and transverse ra s hinge to said corner posts,

said upper rails being themselves hinged and' adapte to be flexed downward lower longitudlnal and transverse rails hinged to said corner posts, said lower, rails being themselves hinged and adapted vto be flexed upf ward,sa1dupperpandlower rails being adept- .right tubular corner posts,`upper longitu osts, said hinges being disposed toward the inside of said corner posts, lugs on said hinges, said lower tubular rails being themselves hinged and adapted to be llexed upward, a spring pressed member mountedon each of said corner (posts, pins on said s ringressed members a apted to engage ho es in t e lu s ofthe hinges of the upper rails, and holes 1n said corner posts, turn-buttons pivoted to said corner postsy and adapted to enga e recesses in the lu s of the hinges of the ower longitu mal and transverse tubular rails, hinges between said rails and sald cornerrails, rods detac ably secured to said frame, f in combination'with netting distended over said rails, and secured to said detachable.

rods.

3. A. cot of the class described, consisting of corner posts ulpler and lower longitudina transverse rails ged to the corner posts, the upper rails being oliset with res ect to the lower rails, and each of said ra' s being formed of sections rule joint, the upper ralls being adapted to fold downward, and the lower rails to fold upward, and means for locking the rails in extended position.

VM URIllLllARY SUTHERLAND BlNNllY.

Witnesses:

W. G, DAvIEs, Y Gnonen E. vMIN'JLERN.

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